Venice Biennale
The 61st Venice Biennale and fourteen venues showing alongside it. The full content of two on-site tours.
This course holds everything from our two on-site tours in Venice: the Biennale's two main exhibitions and a selection of national pavilions, plus twelve shows scattered across the city — fourteen venues in all. If you can't go, you can see it here. If you can go, six days will not cover fourteen venues. And if you went but came away unsure what you had seen, this is what was said standing in front of the works.
What you'll take away
- The full content of both main exhibitions and a selection of national pavilions
- What the themed exhibition In Minor Keys is trying to address, and how the national pavilion system works
- The major solo shows running at the same time at the Pinault Collection, Fondazione Prada, the Guggenheim and across the city's palazzi
- From the Venetian painters to the present, why this city holds both ends at once
- How to ask the right questions of a work you know nothing about
Who it's for
- You can't make the trip but want to see this edition in full
- You are going, but your time is limited and fourteen venues is not realistic
- You have been, but stood in front of the works without the context, and want it now
Syllabus
5 chapters, 14 lessons. Jump to any section from the sidebar; progress is saved.
Included
- Fourteen venues, chaptered so you can go to any section
- Progress saved automatically and resumed on any device
- One year of access from activation, unlimited replays
- Watch on phone, tablet or computer
Taught by
Viki Kuo has worked in contemporary galleries and museums in Taipei, Beijing and Shanghai since 2007. After moving to Paris in 2020 she founded and teaches the Paris-Taipei Express art programme, with more than sixty lectures to date.Full profile
Questions
- I've already been to Venice. Is this still for me?
- Many people come back unable to say what they saw. That isn't memory; it's that there was no context to hang it on at the time. This course supplies that layer. Fourteen venues is also more than six days allows, so whatever you missed is here.
- I'm not going to Venice. Is it worth watching?
- Yes. It is the complete record of the commentary given venue by venue on site — not preparation for a trip, but a substitute for being there.
- Is it the same as the on-site tour?
- It comes from the same two tours but works differently. On site you feel the space and the scale; online you can rewatch, take your time, and reach venues that time or stamina made you skip.
- The exhibition has closed. Is there still a point?
- Curatorial premises and ways of reading work don't expire when a show closes. This edition is also the groundwork for understanding the next.
- Can I download the video?
- No. Viewing is online only.
- What happens when access expires?
- Access runs one year from activation and then ends. If an updated edition exists, we will let you know.
- Can I get a refund?
- Courses are digital content, so once access is activated we cannot refund. You may cancel any time before activation, and we email you before we activate.
- Can I share my account?
- No. Accounts are personal, and unusual sharing is detected.
Access is granted and you are signed in as soon as payment completes; no registration needed. See the Refund Policy。